Day 247: Clouds and Hot Air Balloons Nail Art

Heather Bowmaster, Top Coat Nail Spa, Purcellville, Va.

Day 317: Fall Leaves and Roses Nail Art

Morgan Galaider, The Nail Studio, Coconut Creek, Fla. @morganashley.beauty

Day 334: Matte Red and Gold Nail Art

Morgan Galaider, The Nail Studio, Coconut Creek, Fla. @morganashley.beauty

Day 104: Game of Thrones Dragon Eye Nail Art

Starr Grubaugh, Eclipse Studio Hair and Nails, Charleston, Ill.

Day 112: Blue and Purple Marble Nail Art

Aly Barbosa, Aly's Nails, Arlington, N.J.

Day 302: Purple Slime and Spiderweb Nail Art

Morgan Galaider, The Nail Studio, Coconut Creek, Fla. @morganashley.beauty

Cover Tech Contest 2009: A Day At the Beach

In the year 2000, the editors of NAILS decided it would be fun to have a nail technician reader create the cover for one issue and so we started the Cover Tech Contest. Every year, we get hundreds of beautiful entries, creative concepts, and astonishing photographs.

Day 172: 3-D Birds and Flowers Nail Art

Maria Suarez

Day 29: 3-D Colored Acrylic Floral Nails

Johanna Rivera, VIP Nails (Arecibo, Puerto Rico)